McDonald’s franchise owner George Saliba gave an update to Eminence City Council members about the new McDonald’s, which broke ground Monday on Main Street in Eminence.

The store will open from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. during the week and 12 a.m. on Saturdays. Saliba said the store will hire a 55 to 60 person crew, which will include 10 managers. Some employees from the Pendleton store, Henry County residents, will move to the new location.

Baquan M. Sledge, 25, of Detroit arrested on I-71 at the 30-mile marker northbound, Pendleton on 1/27 by Trooper Morris and charged with operating on a suspended OLN; failure to wear seatbelt; failure to produce insurance card.

Mohammed Ahmad J. Althmi, 34, of Cincinnati arrested on I-71 at the 37-mile marker northbound, Campbellsburg on 1/29 by Trooper Jodry and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia; failure to produce insurance card.

When the Henry County Wildcats hosted District 30 rivals Gallatin County on Jan. 28, poor free throw shooting by the host Wildcats was their ultimate downfall. Henry County hit just 10 of 25 free throws for 40 percent while the visiting Wildcats hit 24-32 for 75 percent.

The Eminence girls’ basketball team had a busy week, playing four games in five days last week. The week started with a 43-8 loss at KCD on Jan. 27 followed by a 60-13 loss at West Jesamine. On Thursday the Warriors hosted cross-county rivals Henry County and fell 50- 15 and ended with a 42-33 loss to Beth Haven on Friday that showed that the Warriors’ offensive game is improving heading into the final weeks of the season.

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The Bearcats got off to a strong start and were ahead 14-4 at the end of the first period.

The Henry County Lady Cats traveled to Warsaw on Jan. 29 to take on the Gallatin County Lady Wildcats and fell 58-37. The Lady Cats trailed by just nine points at the break but a slow start in the third quarter sealed the game for Gallatin County.

In the first period the Lady Wildcats jumped out to a 13-5 lead but Henry County came back in the second period and played them evenly. The Lady Wildcats were only able to add one point to their lead going into the locker room.